BRUCE T. MORRILL, S.J. Theology Department Boston College 21 Campanella Way Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-­‐3961 Telephone: 617-­‐552-­‐3873 Fax: 617-­‐552-­‐0794 E-­‐mail: morrilb@bc.edu Web: www2.bc.edu/~morrilb ACADEMIC DEGREES Ph.D., Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 1996, Religion (Theological Studies) M.Div., Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, California, 1991 M.A., Columbia University, New York, NY, 1986, Anthropology A.B. in cursu honoris, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, 1981, Religious Studies TEACHING EXPERIENCE Boston College, Theology Department, 1996-­‐present Associate Professor, 2002-­‐present Assistant Professor, 1996-­‐2002 Graduate Courses: Liturgy and Ethics Liturgical Theology: Sacraments and Worship Suffering: Comparative Theologies (team taught) Liturgy, Seasons, Festivals: Jewish & Christian (team taught) Theology of Christian Initiation Liturgy, Sacraments and Church Divine Worship and Human Healing Liturgy and the Body (team taught) Undergrad Courses: Suffering, Politics, and Liberation Exploring Catholicism: Tradition and Transition I Exploring Catholicism: Tradition and Transition II Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 1992-­‐1995 Aquinas Center of Theology, 1993-­‐1995 Instructor Course Titles: Theology of Initiation Eucharist: Theology and Practice Resources for Preaching Scripture in the Life of the Church Undergraduate Division of Religion, 1994 Adjunct Faculty Course Title: Religion and Contemporary Experience Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, MA, 1986-­‐1988 Faculty, Department of Religion Cheverus High School, Portland, ME, 1984 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Religion Kuskpkwim Community College, Bethel, AK, 1982 Instructor, Mathematics Bruce T. Morrill Page 2 PUBLICATIONS Books: Author The Eucharist: Communion in Christ’s Paschal Mystery. Brewster: Paraclete Press (in press, expected August 1, 2011). Divine Worship and Human Healing: Liturgical Theology at the Margins of Life and Death. Collegeville: Pueblo/Liturgical Press, 2009. Reviewed in: Liturgical Ministry 19 (2010): 195-­‐96. Anamnesis as Dangerous Memory: Political and Liturgical Theology in Dialogue. Collegeville: Pueblo/Liturgical Press, 2000. Reviewed in: Theology Today 58:1 (2001), 128-­‐9; Worship 75:4 (2001), 369-­‐370; Theological Studies 61:4 (2001); Doxology 18 (2001), 132-­‐35; Archiv Für Liturgiewissenschaft 42 (2000), 452; Theology Digest 48:1 (2001), 83; Consensus 30:1 (2005), 141-­‐3; Communio Viatorum 48:3 (2006). Books: Contributing Editor Sacraments: Revelation of the Humanity of God, contributing co-­‐editor with Philippe Bordeyne. Collegeville: Pueblo/Liturgical Press, 2008. Concurrent publication: Les Sacraments, révélation de l’humanité de Dieu, ed. Philippe Bordeyne and Bruce Morrill, trans. Jean-­‐Pierre Bagot. Paris: Les Editions du Cerf, 2008. Reviewed in: Worship 83:4 (July, 2009): 376-­‐78; Transversalités 111 (2009): 163-­‐77; Theological Studies 70:4 (2009): 978; La Maison-­Dieu 257 (2009/1): 131-­‐49; Irish Theological Quarterly 75:1 (2010): 104-­‐06; Archiv Für Liturgiewissenschaft 51 (2009): 163-­‐64; Horizons 138:2 (2009): 353-­‐54; Liturgical Ministry 18 (2009): 45-­‐46; Esprit et Vie 205:6 (2008): 48-­‐50; Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses 85:1 (2009): 227-­‐29; Revue Theologique de Louvain 107:2 (2009): 254-­‐58; Theology Digest 53:4 (2009): 387; Mélanges de Science Religieuse 66:1 (2009): 68-­‐
69; Homiletic 35:1 (2010): 63-­‐64. Practicing Catholic: Ritual, Body, and Contestation in Catholic Faith, contributing co-­‐editor, with Susan Rodgers and Joanna Ziegler. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. Reviewed in: Theological Studies 68:3 (2007): 714-­‐15; Worship 81:4 (2007): 382-­‐84; Communio Viatorum 48:3 (2006); Collegium News 2:4 (2008): 11. Bodies of Worship: Explorations in Theory and Practice, contributing editor. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1999. Reviewed in: Worship 75:3 (2001), 273-­‐5; Doxology 17 (2000), 75-­‐6; Pacifica 14 (2001), 357-­‐9. Liturgy and the Moral Self: Humanity at Full Stretch Before God, contributing co-­‐editor, with E. Byron Anderson. Collegeville: Pueblo/Liturgical Press, 1998. Reviewed in: Pacifica 12 (1999), 230-­‐1; Journal of Moral Education (2000), 232-­‐4; Encounter 61:3 (2000), 386-­‐90; Worship 73:4 (1999), 370-­‐2; Anglican Theological Review 82:2 (2000), 437-­‐8. Bruce T. Morrill Page 3 Journal Articles “Holy Communion as Public Act: Ethics and Liturgical Participation.” Studia Liturgica 41:2 (2011 [forthcoming]). “Pratiques occasionnels ou pratiques régulières: miracles, médias, marchandisation, et fonction des rites,” La Maison-­Dieu 263:2 (2010): 91-­‐122. “The Liturgical Spirituality of Lent.” Liturgical Ministry 19 (Spring, 2010): 61-­‐66. “Les raisons pour lesquelles les Américains apprécient L.-­‐M. Chauvet.” La Maison-­Dieu 263:2 (2010): 183-­‐206. “The Significance of Body and Resurrection in the Roman Catholic Order of Christian Funerals.” Studia Liturgica 39:1 (2009): 99-­‐121. “La théologie des sacrements comme théologie fondamentale.” Transversalités: Revue de l’Institut Catholique de Paris 111 (2009): 159-­‐62. “The Christology of Ordinary Time.” Liturgical Ministry 17 (Fall, 2008): 164-­‐72. “Anointing of the Sick as Sacrament within a Larger Pastoral Process of Faith.” Liturgical Ministry 16 (Fall, 2007): 181-­‐89. “Challenges and Resources for a Liturgical Theology of Healing: Roman Catholic Practice and Postmodern Theory.” Liturgy 22:3 (Summer, 2007): 13-­‐20. “Le Christ guérisseur. Enquête critique sur les sources liturgiques, pastorales et bibliques.” Transversalités: Revue de l’Institut Catholique de Paris 99 (2006): 219-­‐38. “Contemplating Suffering: Liturgical Imagination and Ethical Conviction.” In the refereed section of the Proceedings of the North American Academy of Liturgy 18 (2006): 119-­‐40. “The Paschal Mystery Personified: A Commentary on the RCIA as Ritual Theology.” Liturgical Ministry 15 (Spring, 2006): 75-­‐86. “Christ the Healer: A Critical Investigation of Liturgical, Pastoral, and Biblical Sources.” Worship 79:6 (2005): 482-­‐504. “Liturgia a Etika: Krestansky Zivot ako Bohosluzba.” Studia Aloisiana 7 (2004): 263-­‐71. "The Beginning of the End: Eschatology in the Liturgical Year and Lectionary." Liturgical Ministry 12 (Spring, 2003): 65-­‐74. "Music, Liturgy, and Religious Formation." Concilium: Review Internationale de Théologie (2002/4): 88-­‐96. Translated in French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Spanish, and Dutch. "Hidden Presence: The Mystery of the Assembly as Body of Christ." Liturgical Ministry 11 (Winter, 2002): 31-­‐40. Bruce T. Morrill Page 4 "Practicing Political Holiness: The Call to a Life of Contrasts in the Work of Edward Schillebeeckx." Doxology 18 (2001): 71-­‐94. "Worship as Public Act on the American Catholic University Campus." Worship 75:6 (November, 2001): 528-­‐43. “Anamnetic Action: The Ethics of Remembrancing.” Doxology 17 (2000): 3-­‐22. “The Meaning of Confirmation: Searching with the Bishop, the Liturgy and the Holy Spirit.” Liturgical Ministry 9 (2000): 49-­‐62. “Liturgical Music: Bodies Proclaiming and Responding to the Word of God.” Worship 74:1 (January, 2000): 20-­‐36. “Walking the Labyrinth: Recovering a Sacred Tradition.” Liturgical Ministry 8 (1999): 201-­‐09. Chapters in Collective Volumes “Worship in Spirit and Truth: A Sacramental-­‐Liturgical Theologian Engages Ratzinger.” In Reason and Revelation: Jesuit Studies in the Thought of Benedict XVI, ed. Joseph Koterski (Philadelphia: St. Joseph’s University Press, contract pending). “Building Appreciatively on Chauvet’s Work: An Overview.” In Sacraments: Revelation of the Humanity of God, ed. Philippe Bordeyne and Bruce Morrill, xiii-­‐xxii. Collegeville: Pueblo/Liturgical Press, 2008. Concurrent publication: “Pour prolonger à sa juste valeur l’oeuvre de Chauvet: Perspective d’ensemble.” In Les Sacraments, révélation de l’humanité de Dieu, trans. Jean-­‐Pierre Bagot, 15-­‐25. Paris: Les Editions du Cerf, 2008. “Time, Absence, and Otherness: Divine-­‐Human Paradoxes Bonding Liturgy and Ethics,” In Sacraments: Revelation of the Humanity of God, 137-­‐52. Concurrent publication: “Le temps, l’absence, et l’altérité: Les paradoxes divino-­‐humains du lien entre liturgie et éthique,” In Les Sacraments, révélation de l’humanité de Dieu, 185-­‐203. “Chapter Three: The Duties and Ministries in the Mass (De Officiis et Ministeriis in Missa),” with Susan K. Roll. In A Commentary on the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, ed. Edward Foley and others, 197-­‐221. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2008. “Sacraments: Key Symbols for the Christian Way of Life.” In Exploring Theology: Making Sense of the Catholic Tradition, ed. Anne Hession and Patricia Kieran. 232-­‐41. Dublin: Veritas Publications, 2007. “Easter.” In Encyclopedia of American Holidays, vol. 1, ed. Len Travers, 112-­‐34. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing, 2006. “Reading Texts of Terror: Liturgical Imagination and Ethical Conviction.” In Missing God? Cultural Amnesia and Political Theology, ed. S. Ostovich, J. Downey, and J. Manemann, 36-­‐58. Münster: LIT Verlag, 2006. Bruce T. Morrill Page 5 “What Difference Does It Make for Me as a Liturgist To Be a Jesuit—or Vice Versa?” In Jesuit Postmodern: Scholarship, Vocation, and Identity in the 21st Century, ed. Francis X. Clooney, 65-­‐87. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2006. “Ritual Practice: The View from Liturgical Theology.” In Practicing Catholic: Ritual, Body, and Contestation in Catholic Faith, ed. Bruce Morrill and others, 5-­‐10, 281. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. “Practicing the Pastoral Care of the Sick: The Sacramental Body in Liturgical Motion.” In Practicing Catholic: Ritual, Body, and Contestation in Catholic Faith, 99-­‐114, 296. “Christ the Healer: An Investigation of Liturgical, Pastoral, and Biblical Approaches.” In Practicing Catholic: Ritual, Body, and Contestation in Catholic Faith, 115-­‐29, 296-­‐7. “Alexander Schmemann: Liturgy for the Life of the World,” with Don E. Saliers. In Primary Sources in Liturgical Theology: A Reader, ed. Dwight Vogel, 52-­‐3. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2000. “Initial Consideration: Theory and Practice of the Body in Liturgy Today.” In Bodies of Worship: Explorations in Theory and Practice, ed. Bruce Morrill, 1-­‐15. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1999. “The Many Bodies of Worship: Locating the Spirit’s Work.” In Bodies of Worship: Explorations in Theory and Practice, 19-­‐37. “Walking the Labyrinth: Recovering a Sacred Tradition,” with Leo Keegan. In Bodies of Worship: Explorations in Theory and Practice, 121-­‐35. “Liturgical Music: Bodies Proclaiming and Responding to the Word of God,” with Andrea Goodrich. In Bodies of Worship: Explorations in Theory and Practice, 157-­‐72. “The Practical Character of Liturgy and Theology.” In Bodies of Worship: Explorations in Theory and Practice, 173-­‐6. “The Prophetic Challenge: Introduction,” with E. Byron Anderson. In Liturgy and the Moral Self: Humanity at Full Stretch Before God, ed. E. Byron Anderson and Bruce Morrill, 3-­‐13. Collegeville: Pueblo/Liturgical Press, 1998. “The Struggle for Tradition.” In Liturgy and the Moral Self: Humanity at Full Stretch Before God, 67-­‐77. Popular Writings “The Intimate Connection Between Word and Rite in the Liturgy.” Pastoral Liturgy 40:5 (September/October, 2009): 9-­‐12. “Liturgia és etika: a keresztény élet mint Isten dicsérete.” Keresztény Szó 18:6 (June, 2007): 1-­‐6. “Sacraments: Key Symbols for the Christian Way of Life.” Assembly 33 (2007): 14-­‐15, 22-­‐24. Bruce T. Morrill Page 6 “Christmas in Hooper Bay: God’s Presence in Human Gifts.” The Alaskan Shepherd 43:9 (December, 2005): 1-­‐4, 7-­‐8. “Seasonal Themes.” In The Vatican II Weekday Missal, “Advent and Christmas,” 44-­‐48; “Lent, “517-­‐522”; and “Celebrating the Easter Sacraments,” 707-­‐709. Boston: Pauline Books and Media, 2003. "Liturgy: The Church's Spirituality." Series of thirteen essays on the liturgical year in Growing in Faith (Boston: Pauline Books and Media, 2001). Web journal at: http://www.daughtersofstpaul.com/growinginfaith/liturgy/index.html "Celebrating the Easter Sacraments." Resource for preaching on Easter Sunday, entry in the FDLC Region 8 Homily Project: Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, 2002. “Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop of Constantinople,” “Justin, Martyr at Rome,” and “Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons." In For All the Saints: A Calendar of Commemorations for United Methodists, ed. Clifton Guthrie, 120, 130, 144. Akron, OH: Order of Saint Luke, 1995. Book Reviews Review of Holy Conversation: Spirituality for Worship by Jonathan Linman. In Theological Studies 72 (2011, forthcoming). Review of Immersed in the Life of God: The Healing Resources of the Christian Faith, ed. Paul Gavrilyuk and others. In Worship 84:4 (July, 2010): 356-­‐358. Review of Eucharist: The Meal and the Word by Ghislain Lafont, trans. Jeremy Driscoll. In Theological Studies 70:1 (March, 2009): 245. Review of The Place of Christ in Liturgical Prayer: Christology, Trinity, and Liturgical Theology, ed. Bryan Spinks. In Spiritus 8:2 (Fall 2008): 241-­‐244. Review of Meeting Mystery: Liturgy, Worship, Sacraments by Nathan Mitchell. In Worship 82:2 (March, 2008): 177-­‐79. Review of Christian Symbol and Ritual: An Introduction by Bernard Cooke and Gary Macy. In Worship 81:2 (March, 2007): 186-­‐187. Review of Political Worship: Ethics for Christian Citizens by Bernd Wannenwetsch. In Worship 80:1 (January, 2006): 94-­‐96. Review of Power and the Spirit of God: Toward an Experience-­Based Pneumatology by Bernard Cooke. n Theological Studies 66:4 (December, 2005): 909-­‐910. Review of Breath of Life: A Theology of the Creator Spirit by Denis Edwards. In Theological Studies 66:1 (March, 2005): 227-­‐228. Review of Holy Ground: A Liturgical Cosmology by Gordon Lathrop. In Doxology 21 (2004): 130-­‐132. Bruce T. Morrill Page 7 Review of Worship Seeking Understanding: Windows into Christian Practice by John D. Witvliet. In Worship 78:4 (2004): 364-­‐366. Review of The Sacraments: The Word of God at the Mercy of the Body by Louis-­‐Marie Chauvet. In Doxology 19 (2002): 158-­‐161. Review of “The Word of the Lord”: The Liturgy’s Use of Scripture by David N. Power. In Horizons 29 (Fall, 2002): 366-­‐367. Review of The Journals of Father Alexander Schmemann, 1973-­1983, trans. Juliana Schmemann. In Worship 76:2 (March 2002): 187-­‐189. Review of Wise and Discerning Hearts: An Introduction to Wisdom Liturgical Theology by Jill Y. Crainshaw. In Doxology 18 (2001): 113-­‐116. Review of Sacramental Orders by Susan K. Wood. In Theological Studies 62:2 (September, 2001): 658-­‐659. Review of Treasures from the Storeroom: Medieval Religion and the Eucharist by Gary Macy. In Doxology 17 (2000): 85-­‐86. Review of The Rites of Christian Initiation: Their Evolution and Interpretation by Maxwell E. Johnson. In New Theology Review 13:1 (February, 2000): 92-­‐93. Review of Interruptions: Mysticism, Politics and Theology in the Work of Johann Baptist Metz by James Matthew Ashley. In Theological Studies 60:4 (December, 1999): 776-­‐777. Review of An Ethics of Remembering: History, Heterology, and the Nameless Others by Edith Wyschogrod. In Theological Studies 61:1 (March, 2000): 179-­‐181. Review of A Passion For God: The Mystical-­Political Dimension of Christianity by Johann Baptist Metz, ed., and trans. J. Matthew Ashley. In Theological Studies 59:3 (September, 1998): 560-­‐561. Review of Toward a Theology of the Body by Mary Timothy Prokes. In Theological Studies 59:1 (March, 1998): 185-­‐186. Review of The Power of the Powerless: The Word of Liberation For Today, by Jürgen Moltmann. In Review For Religious 45 (1986): 145-­‐146. Professional Societies: Proceedings and Other Publications “Introduction for the Diekmann Award, presented to Louis-­‐Marie Chauvet,” Proceedings of the North American Academy of Liturgy 21 (2009): 44-­‐46. “Liturgical Theology as Critical Practice.” Spotlight on Theological Education, published by the American Academy of Religion, 2:1 (March, 2008): 9-­‐12. “Introduction for the Berakah Award, presented to John F. Baldovin,” Proceedings of the North American Academy of Liturgy 19 (2007): 15-­‐16. Bruce T. Morrill Page 8 Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Society of America (Macon: Mercer University Press): • “Liturgy’s Prophetic Dimensions.” Sixty-­fifth Annual Convention (2010): 138-­‐39. • “The Bishop as Steward of the Liturgy.” Sixty-­first Annual Convention (2007): 141-­‐42. • “The Significance of Bodily Resurrection for Sacramental and Liturgical Theology.”Sixtieth Annual Convention (2005): 130-­‐2. • “Practicing Liturgical Scholarship: Liturgical Theology as Vocation.” Fifty-­eighth Annual Convention (2003): 131-­‐3. • “Liturgical Signs of the Times” and “Reading Texts of Terror.” Fifty-­seventh Annual Convention (2002): 182-­‐3. • "Liturgy and Evangelization." Fifty-­sixth Annual Convention (2001): 188-­‐9. • "Catholic Liturgy and Public Life." Fifty-­fifth Annual Convention (2000): 150-­‐1. • “The Communion Rite as Ecclesial Act.” Fifty-­fourth Annual Convention (1999): 148-­‐50. • “Locating Liturgy: Worship in Contexts.” Fifty-­third Annual Convention (1998): 127-­‐9. • “Eucharistic Theology for the 21st Century.” Fifty-­second Annual Convention (1997): 152-­‐3. PLENARY ADDRESSES “Baptismal Ethics and the Christian Life,” with Philippe Bordeyne. Twenty-­‐third congress of the Societas Liturgica, Reims, France [August 8-­‐13, 2011]. “Holy Communion as Public Act: The Ethics of Liturgical Participation.” Worship Shaping Life: Perspectives on Liturgy and Life, conference at The Stead Center for Ethics and Values, Garrett-­‐Evangelical Theological Seminary, Chicago, April 12, 2010. “Holy Communion as Public Act: The Ethics of Liturgical Participation.” Liturgy, Ethics, and the Interpretation of Vatican II, conference sponsored by the Theology Department and Jesuit Institute, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, March 8, 2010. “Worship in Spirit and Truth: A Sacramental-­‐Liturgical Theologian Engages Ratzinger.” 11th Jesuit Colloquium on Papal Thought, Washington, D.C., June 9, 2009. “Christ’s Healing Work With and For the People: The Liturgical Imagination of Unity in a Post-­‐ Confessional Context.” Bi-­‐annual consultation of the Societas Oecumenica, Leuven, Belgium, August 25, 2008. “Human Healing as Revelatory of Divine Glory: Anthropological, Theological, and Liturgical Insights into Sacramental Practice.” Annual conference of the Pappas Patristic Institute, Brookline, MA, October 5, 2007. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY PRESENTATIONS “Between Idol and Icon: Liturgical-­‐Theological Consideration of Marion’s Theory.” Annual meeting of the North American Academy of Liturgy, Milwaukee, January 8, 2010. “Occasional versus Seasonal Practices: Media, Commodification, and Ritual Agency.” Bi-­‐annual congress of Societas Liturgica, Sydney, Australia, August, 11, 2009. Bruce T. Morrill Page 9 “Time, Absence, and Otherness: Divine-­‐Human Paradoxes Bonding Liturgy and Ethics.” Annual meeting of the North American Academy of Liturgy, Savannah, GA, January 4, 2008. “The Communion Procession: Site of a Public-­‐Private Struggle in U.S. Catholicism.” Bi-­‐annual congress of the Societas Liturgica, Palermo, Italy, August 7, 2007. “Miraculous Responses to Trauma: Liturgy, Piety, and the Mass Media.” Annual meeting of the North American Academy of Liturgy, Toronto, Canada, January 5, 2007. “Eucharist and Public Life.” Annual meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America, San Antonio, TX, June 10, 2006. “Anthropological and Christological Sources for Liturgical Healing.” Bi-­‐annual congress of the Societas Liturgica, Dresden, Germany, August 9, 2005. “The Significance of Bodily Resurrection in the Theology of the Order of Christian Funerals.” Annual meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America, Saint Louis, June 11, 2005. “Postmodern Analyses of Illness: Implications for Word and Sacrament in the Pastoral Care of the Sick.” Annual meeting of the North American Academy of Liturgy, Louisville, KY, January 8, 2005. “Contemplating Suffering: Liturgical Imagination and Ethical Conviction.” Annual meeting of the North American Academy of Liturgy, Indianapolis, IN, January 4, 2003. “Solidarity in Suffering: Sacrament, Word, and Ethics.” Bi-­‐annual meeting of the Jungmann Society for Jesuits and Liturgy, Rome, Italy, June 18, 2002. "Reading Texts of Terror: Narrative Redemptions of Suffering." Annual meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America, New Orleans, June 7, 2002. "Divine Worship and Human Healing." Annual meeting of the North American Academy of Liturgy, Reston, VA, January 5, 2002. “Worship in a Catholic Institutional Context: The Academic Campus.” Annual meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America, San Jose, CA, June 9, 2000. “Anamnetic Action: The Ethics of Remembrancing.” Annual meeting of the North American Academy of Liturgy, Tampa, FL, January 3, 2000. “Paschal Initiation: A Pastoral Proposal for the Roman Catholic Church in the United States.” Annual meeting of the North American Academy of Liturgy, San Antonio, January 5, 1998. "Alexander Schmemann’s Liturgical Theology: Time Made ‘Eschatologically Transparent.’" Annual meeting of the North American Academy of Liturgy, Chicago, January 6, 1997. "Fourth Century Pneumatology: Evidence and Insights from Theodore of Mopsuestia's Catechesis of the Holy Spirit." Annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 23, 1996. Bruce T. Morrill Page 10 "Pneumatology in the Work of Alexander Schmemann." Annual convention of the Catholic Theological Society of America, San Diego, June 7, 1996. "Anamnesis as Dangerous Memory: A Dialogue Between Liturgical and Political Theologies.” Annual convention of the College Theology Society, Notre Dame, IN, May 27, 1994. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND FUNCTIONS Catholic Theological Society of America Active Member, 1997-­‐present; Associate Member, 1994-­‐1997 Administrative Team, Sacramental Life and Liturgy session, 2007-­‐2010, chair, 2009-­‐2010 Convener, Sacramental and Liturgical Theology group, 1996-­‐2007 North American Academy of Liturgy, Member, 1997-­‐present; Visitor, 1994-­‐1997 Convener, Emerging Resources for Liturgical Studies seminar, 2011 Societas Liturgica, Member, 2000-­‐present The International Jungmann Society for Jesuits and Liturgy Member, 2008-­‐present; Counsel Member, Treasurer, 2010-­‐present Referee for Peer-­Reviewed Publications Theological Studies; Studia Liturgica; Horizons; Doxology; Studies in Christian-­Jewish Relations; Anglican Theological Review; College Theology Society Annual Volume; New York University Press Theological Studies, Board of Directors, 2007-­‐present Liturgical Ministry, Editorial Board, 2001-­‐present Liturgy 22:3, Guest Editor of the thematic issue, “Healing and Anointing,” 2007 Assembly: A Journal of Liturgical Theology, Editorial Board, 2006-­‐2007 The Boston Theological Institute, Board of Trustees, Member, 2007-­‐2010 Chair of the Board, Executive Committee, 2008-­‐2010 American Academy of Religion, Member, 1996-­‐2004; Student Member, 1994-­‐1996 College Theology Society, Member, 1993-­‐2000 HONORS AND GRANTS Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia • Donald I. MacLean, S.J. Chair, 2010-­‐11, full year’s funding for research, writing, public lecture, and undergraduate course Catholic Press Association, 2010 Annual Book Awards, Liturgy Category, Honorable Mention for Divine Worship and Human Healing: Liturgical Theology at the Margins of Life and Death Bruce T. Morrill Page 11 School of Theology and Ministry, Seattle University • Visiting Fellow, Winter, 2007, one quarter’s funding for research and writing • Visiting Professor, Spring, 2007, funding for offering two regular quarter courses Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy, National University of Ireland • Visiting Fellow, 2006, one semester’s funding for research, writing, and one seminar Center for Religion, Ethics, and Culture, College of the Holy Cross • Visiting Fellow, 2002, full year’s funding for research, writing, conference and seminar Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion • Grant for an interdisciplinary faculty seminar on teaching about Catholicism in the undergraduate context, conducted at College of the Holy Cross, May 20-­‐24, 2002 Boston College • Jesuit Institute Visiting Scholars Grant, supporting international liturgical theology conference, March 8-­‐12, 2010 • Faculty Research Expense Grant, Office of the Provost, 2007 • Undergraduate Faculty Research Fellows Program, research assistant grants, Summer, 2009; Spring, 2009; Fall, 2005; Spring, 2001 Emory University • Full Tuition Scholarship and Departmental Fellowship • Comprehensive Exams GPA (4.0 scale): 3.88 Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley • Passed Comprehensive Exams with Distinction • Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities College of the Holy Cross • Graduated Summa Cum Laude • Phi Beta Kappa (elected in junior year) • Alpha Sigma Nu (elected in junior year) • Honors Program (1 of 20 students in a class of 640) SELECTED LECTURES “Public Catholicism or Private Faith: What’s on the Line in the Communion Procession? Donald L. MacLean Lecture, St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, November 10, 2010. “Healing: Postmodern, Biblical, Liturgical.” 2010-­‐11 Liturgy Symposium Series, Institute of Sacred Music, Yale University, New Haven, November 1, 2010. “The Pastoral Care of the Sick and Dying.” Two-­‐part audio conference, National Association of Catholic Chaplains. Philadelphia, PA, September 9 & 16, 2010. “Liturgy Forming Faith: The Sacramentality of the Faithful on Sunday through the Seasons.” The Church in the 21st Century, Boston College, November 5, 2009. Bruce T. Morrill Page 12 “Divine Worship and Human Healing: Liturgy at the Margins of Life and Death.” Two-­‐day colloquium given at Jesuit Theological College, Melbourne, Australia, July 24-­‐25, 2009. “A Contemporary Theology of Ordained Ministry.” Plenary for the conference, Vowed and Ordained: The Identity of the Religious Priest, Melbourne, Australia, July 20, 2009. “Christian Tradition Practiced: Word, Sacrament, and Ethics.” Three part seminar for the Catholic Intellectual Tradition faculty development colloquium, Sacred Heart University, Bridgeport, CT, May 28, 2009. “Divine Worship and Human Healing.” Third in a Liturgy Lecture Series presented by the Liturgy Commission, St. Ignatius Church, Chestnut Hill, MA, February 3, 2009. “The Liturgy of Time: How the Church Sanctifies the Seasons.” In the Voice of the Faithful Formation Program, Newburyport, MA, September 28, 2008. “Pour honorer et prolonger à sa juste valeur l’oeuvre de Louis-­Marie Chauvet.” Presentation at the Institut Catholique de Paris, France, June 19, 2008. “Pastoral Care of the Sick: A Case Study for Methodology in Sacramental-­‐Liturgical Theology.” Presentation, Bishops and Theologians Dialogue, Seattle University, May 17, 2007. “Challenges and Resources for a Liturgical Theology of Healing.” Faculty lecture given at the Milltown Institute of Philosophy and Theology, Dublin, Ireland, October 25, 2006. “Challenges and Promise for Liturgical Traditions in the Globalizing Context.” Lecture given at the Summer Institute for Liturgy and Worship, Seattle University, July 11, 2006. “Christ guérisseur: enquête critique sur les sources liturgiques, pastorales et bibliques.” Lecture given at the Institut Catholique de Paris, France, May 16, 2006. “Divine Worship and Human Healing.” Five one-­‐hour lectures for the course, “Liturgy and Church Life,” sponsored by Creighton University at Saint Joseph Educational Center, Des Moines, IA , April 29, 2006. “Sacramental Solidarity: The What, When, and Why of the Church’s Liturgy.” Three-­‐part lecture series, sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Mission, Stonehill College, North Easton, Massachusetts, March 13, 20, and 27, 2006. “What is the Church in our Lifetime? The Church as the Eucharistic Community of Christ’s Followers.” In the Voice of the Faithful Faith Formation Series, Newburyport, MA, November 13, 2005. “Eucharist in Public and Political Life.” Plenary presentation at the conference, “Eucharist: Source of Communion, Source of Division,” sponsored by the Sisters of Saint Joseph. St. Louis, June 8, 2005. “Reform and Renewal of the Roman Catholic Mass: History, Theology, and Practice.” Lecture and discussion at the Wellesley College Newman Catholic Ministry, October 20, 2004. Bruce T. Morrill Page 13 “Liturgy and Ethics: The Christian Life as Worship of God.” Lecture given at the Theological Faculty of Trnava University, Bratislava, Slovakia, February 23, 2004, and at Kaplnka Sedembolestnej Panny Márie (Jesuit pastoral center), Piestany, Slovakia, February 24, 2004. “Stand, Sit, Kneel: What Does ‘Full, Conscious, Active Participation in the Liturgy’ Mean?” and “Christ’s Presence in the Liturgy: Multiple and Real.” Plenary sessions at the West River Liturgy Day, Brattleboro, Vermont, November 9, 2002. “Christ the Healer: A Critical Review of Biblical and Liturgical Sources.” At the conference, Practicing Catholic: Ritual, Body, and Contestation in Catholic Faith, sponsored by The Center for Religion, Ethics, and Culture, College of the Holy Cross, October 20, 2002. "Symposium on Liturgical Ministry." Panelist, at the "Bridging Worlds: Ecumenical Conversation across Liturgy, Worship and the Arts" conference, sponsored by Boston University School of Theology and the Lilly Endowment. Friday, April 19, 2002. "Practicing Catholic Tradition: Spirituality, Ethics, and Morality." Full day's workshop, sponsored by Immaculate Heart of Mary parish, Atlanta, Georgia, October 27, 2001. "Suffering, Politics, and Liberation." Public lecture, sponsored by the Study Center for Religion and Public Life, New Hampshire Institute of Politics, St. Anselm's College, Manchester, New Hampshire, October 18, 2001. "Music in the Liturgy: The Bodiliness of Singing." Lecture at the annual “Worship and the Arts” symposium, sponsored by the Boston Theological Institute, September 30, 2001. “The Liturgical Year: Exploiting the Riches of the Church’s Tradition.” Day of four lectures given to the clergy of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Georgia, September 28, 1998. “Liturgy of the Church: Work of the People, Work of the Spirit.” At The Aquinas Center, University of Connecticut, Storrs, April 16, 1998. "The Reform and Renewal of Eucharistic Worship." Four sessions given to the monks at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit, Conyers, Georgia, May 2-­‐4, 1996. "The Liturgical Seasons of Lent and Easter: How History Inspires Our Present Practices." Three-­‐part series at the Emory Catholic Center, Atlanta, Georgia, March-­‐April, 1996. "The Mass of the Roman Rite: Performance and Explanation." At Berry College, Rome, Georgia, February 22, 1996. "Service at the Tables of God's Word and the Lord's Supper." Four sessions given at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Atlanta, Georgia, November, 1995, through January, 1996. "Our Eucharistic Tradition." Nine-­‐part series at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Atlanta, Georgia, October 1 through November 26, 1995. "The Eucharist in the New Testament." Three-­‐part series at Epiphany Byzantine Catholic Church, Roswell, Georgia, November 3, 10, and 17, 1993. Bruce T. Morrill Page 14 COMMITTEE WORK AND SERVICE Theology Department, Boston College Graduate Program Director, 2005-­‐2010 Executive Committee, 1997-­‐1999, 2005-­‐2010 Systematic Theology Faculty Search Committee, Member, 2007-­‐2009 Systematic Theology Area • Convener, 1999-­‐2001, 2004-­‐2005 • Committee for Revising Comprehensive Exams, Chair, 2008-­‐2010 Ph.D. Admissions Committee • Systematic Theology, 1997, 2000, 2003 (Chair), 2005 (Chair), 2009, 2010 • Central Committee, 2003 (Chair), 2005 (Chair), 2009, 2010 Center for Christian-­Jewish Learning • Advisory Committee, 2007-­‐present • “The Rite of Marriage in Roman Catholicism,” lecture presented to the Christian-­‐
Jewish-­‐Muslim Trialogue, October 4, 2001 • “Liturgical Issues in Christian-­‐Jewish Relations,” national conference, Session moderator, June 11, 2001 Liturgy, Ethics, and the Interpretation of Vatican II. Host and co-­‐director of a weeklong international symposium of professors and grad students from the Theology Department, Wuerzburg University, Erfurt University, BC STM, and Boston University, March 8-­‐12, 2010. Phi Beta Kappa Nomination Committee, selecting among undergrad majors, 2008-­‐present Institute of Medieval Philosophy and Theology, Respondent to Denys Turner’s lecture, “Faith, Reason, and the Eucharist” (November 18, 2005) Undergraduate Theology Association, Panelist for Liberation Theology Colloquium, November 10, 2005 Office of Undergraduate Admissions. prospective students day, Sunday, March 30, 2003 Drafting Committee for the Pastoral Theology Area, 1998 Pastoral Theology Faculty Symposium, “Paschal Initiation: A Pastoral Proposal for the American Catholic Church,” October 20, 1997 How Much of a Theologian is a Christian Ethicist? Colloquium of the JDF Ethics Area “Liturgy and Ethics,” October 8, 1996 Boston College Graduate School of Arts and Sciences • Graduate Grievance Committee, member, 2007-­‐2010 • Faculty Marshall, Commencement degree-­‐conferral ceremony, 2009, 2010 • Donald White Dissertation Award Committee (Humanities), member, 2006 Jesuit Institute • Jewish-­‐Christian Relations Seminar, member, 2000-­‐present • Catholic Identity Project, participant, April 26, 1999, and March 17, 2003 Residential Life • Faculty Fellows Program, Claver/Loyola/Fenwick: Fall, 2008; Spring, 2009 • Resident Minister, Claver Hall (freshmen dormitory), 2004-­‐2006 • Thursday Morning Prayer (in the dorm), 2005-­‐2006 • “The Jesuit Vision of Servant-­‐Leadership.” Talk given to the Peer Advising Network, November 10, 2004 Presidential Scholars Faculty Mentor Program, 2007-­‐2008 Appalachia Volunteers of BC, presenter for formation session, February 14, 2010 Bruce T. Morrill Page 15 Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, committee member, fall term, 2007 Sunday Night Liturgy. Presided on a regular rotation at St. Joseph’s and Trinity Chapels. Sponsored by the Chaplain’s Office, 1997-­‐2001, 2003-­‐2006 Kairos Student Retreat, retreat team member, April 7-­‐9, 2006 Jesuit Community at Boston College • Jesuits in the University, committee member, 2005-­‐2006 • Director of House Renovations Project, preparing two houses owned by the university to become residences for a total of nine Jesuits, 2003-­‐2005 • Envisioning the Jesuit Community’s Future, panelist, October 16, 2004 • Parents Weekend Welcome Center, Jesuit representative, October 1, 2004 • Liturgist and Organist, 1996-­‐2003, 2004-­‐2005 • Lenten Series on the Sacraments “Celebrating the Paschal Mystery: The Church’s Liturgy” and “The Liturgy of Time.” Lectures 1 and 4, February 15 and March 31, 1999 • Jesuit Scholars in a Postmodern Age, member of seminar, 1997-­‐2004 “Theory and Practice of the Body in Liturgy Today,” October 18. 1998 The Ignatian Society • “Homosexuality: Church Teaching and Students’ Lives,” panelist, April 5, 2006 • “The Labyrinth and Ignatian Spirituality: Ways of Making Pilgrimage,” lecture, for Ignatian Awareness week, co-­‐sponsored by Pi Delta Phi, April 3, 2001 Easter Service Retreat, chaplain and leadership team. House-­‐building project in Tijuana, Mexico (weekly preparatory meetings during the semester). April 11-­‐16, 2001. Interfaith Marriage, Member of a panel discussion on Jewish and Christian marriages. Sponsored by the Boston College Hillel Society. March 14, 2001. Chapels Renovation Project, Chairperson, 2000. Committee Member, 1999-­‐2000. Convened by Vice President Joseph Appleyard. Nursing in Faith Communities, guest lecture, “Prayer and Forgiveness, April 13, 2000. Spiritual Growth and Leadership Institute, School of Education and the National Catholic Educational Association Worship, June 30, 1998. Night Prayer/Compline, Founder and Director for weekly celebration on Newton Campus. Sponsored by the Chaplain’s Office, 1997-­‐1998. Shared Vision. Jesuit Facilitator of faculty and staff educational session on the Ignatian vision of Jesuit education. Sponsored by the Department of Human Resources, Employee Development Office, April 22, 1998. Religious Diversity at Boston College, Member of a panel discussion. Sponsored by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Committee and U.G.B.C., March 25, 1998. Institute for Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry, Boston College Vatican II at Forty, Lecture Series: “Reforming and Renewing the Liturgy: Embracing the Paschal Mystery, ”February 8, 2003 Policy Committee, Member, 1996-­‐2002 Mission Statement Committee, 2001 Discernment: Holistic Formation for the Practice of Ministry, Faculty Facilitator for student discernment group, 1996-­‐1999, 2001 Religious Education and Challenge of Media Culture Project, Advisory Board Member. Sponsored by the IREPM and the International Study Commission on Media, Religion and Culture, directed by Mary Hess, Ph.D., 1999-­‐2000 Continuing Education Series, daylong workshop presentations: • “Walking the Labyrinth: Renewing a Tradition,” September 9, 2000 • “Divine Worship and Human Healing,” March 18, 2000 Bruce T. Morrill Page 16 Annual Alumni Day, main presentation and discussion: “Liturgy and the Body,” May 20, 2000 Loyola Lecture Series, exploratory committee, 1999-­‐2000 Retreat Committee, 2000 Bulletin-­Internet Communications Committee, 1999-­‐2000 M. A. Admissions Committee, 1998-­‐1999 Ministry Week, Director and session presenter, July 6-­‐10, 1998 • “The Many Bodies of Worship: Locating the Spirit’s Work” • “Liturgical Music: Bodies Proclaiming and Responding to the Word of God” Liturgy Committee, Chairperson, Fall, 1997 College of the Holy Cross Practicing Catholic: Body, Performance, and Contestation in Catholic Faith, a national interdisciplinary conference, October 18-­‐21, 2002. Co-­‐chairperson, with art historian Joanna Ziegler and anthropologist Susan Rodgers Teaching Catholicism as Ritual and Practice, interdisciplinary faculty seminar. Director and Convener, May 28-­‐31, 2002 (funded by the Wabash Center) Holy Cross Club of Boston Board of Directors, Chaplain and Member, 1997-­‐2002 Catholic Alumni Sodality talk, “Liturgy: Tradition in Transition,” September 28, 1997 Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska Presbyteral Ministry in Yup'ik (Eskimo) villages, Central Bering Seacoast, 2000-­‐present Archdiocese of Paris and Diocese of Nanterre, France Pastoral-­Liturgical Ministry in religious houses and student chaplaincies, 2003-­‐2004 Atelier Liturgique, liturgical workshop given to prison chaplains, October 31, 2003 Le Christ Qui Guérit: Une Enquête Liturgique, lecture given to the Board of Directors of Forum 104 (Marist Pastoral Center), February 12, 2004 Society of Jesus of New England “Come and See,” Panelist for Vocations Day, February 15, 2003 Liturgical Theology Course, Visiting Lecturer at the novitiate, June 25-­‐28, 2002 Examiner of candidates for admission to novitiate, as needed, 2001-­‐2002 Annual Province Assembly, Liturgical Planner and Organist, 1990-­‐1997 Provincial’s Advisory Council on Secondary Education, 1987-­‐1988 Archdiocese of Boston Presbyteral Ministry in local parishes, 1996-­‐present Pondville State Correctional Center Preside and preach at Mass for Prisoners, monthly, 2004-­‐present Spiritual Director to ordained and lay people, 1996-­‐2003, 2008-­‐2009 Liturgical-­Theological Consultant, renovation plans for St. Ignatius Church, 2001-­‐02 Mount Alvernia Academy, Franciscan Sisters Community Presider at weekday liturgies, 1996-­‐1999 Intercommunity Novitiate Program Workshop, Brighton, MA “Liturgy of the Church: Celebrating the Paschal Mystery.” February 1, 1999 Archdiocese of Atlanta Liturgical-­Theological Consultant for design of the new church building, Mary Our Queen Parish, Norcross, Georgia, 2000-­‐2002 Bruce T. Morrill Page 17 Presbyteral Ministry to some twenty parishes, schools, pastoral centers, and the cathedral, 1992-­‐1996 Spiritual Director to lay men and women, as well as one deacon, 1991-­‐1996 Support Person, Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Atlanta Community, 1991-­‐1992 Church of the Holy Cross, Tucker, Georgia, Chancel Choir: Member, 1991-­‐1992, 1996; Substitute Organist, 1992, 1995 Emory University Emory-­Morehouse Partnership, Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity, Spring, 1996 "Understanding Discriminatory Harassment," Seminar facilitator for the Teaching Assistant and Teaching Opportunities Program (TATTO) of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, August, 1993. Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley Statutes and Curriculum Committee, Student Member, 1989-­‐1991 Academic Council, Student Representative, 1989-­‐1991 Student Association, Class Representative, 1989-­‐1991 ACADEMIC NON-­DEGREE PROGRAMS Horizonte Institut, German Language Studies, Regensburg, Germany, 1990 University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Clinical Pastoral Education, Worcester, MA, 1989 Colegio de España, Spanish Language Studies, Salamanca, Spain, 1988 The Boston Conservatory, Organ Studies, Boston, MA, 1987 Fordham University, Jesuit Philosophical Studies and De Universa Exam, Bronx, NY, 1984-­‐1985 Fort Wright College, Youth Ministry Institute, Spokane, WA, 1981 OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Jesuit Urban Center/Boston City Hospital, Pastoral Ministry, Boston, MA, 1992 Campus Ministry Center, Student Minister, California State University at Hayward, 1989-­‐1990 Newman Hall-­‐Holy Spirit Parish, Liturgical Musician, Berkeley, CA, 1990 Saint Thomas More Catholic Church, Organist, Somerset, MA, 1986-­‐1988 Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church, Youth Minister, Bronx, NY, 1984-­‐1985 Emmonak Youth Center/Sacred Heart Church, Youth Minister/Catechist, Emmonak, AK, 1981-­‐1982 Member, Jesuit Volunteer Corps: Northwest Bruce T. Morrill Page 18 RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) • Member of the New England Province, 1982-­‐present • Solemn Profession of Final Vows, April 25, 2009 • Ordained to the Presbyterate, June 20, 1992 • Ordained to the Diaconate, March 22, 1991 • Simple Profession of Perpetual Vows, August 18, 1984 MEMBERSHIP IN SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS •
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